ClearOS - A Linux Server alterntive for Small and Medium Size Enterprise

ClearOS from Cloud Foundation is a powerful network and gateway server designed for small organizations and distributed environments.It is based on CentOS Linux

It has a wide arrays of applications that really helps the Small and Medium Enterprises. Some of the features taken from the ClearOS are listed here.

1. Directory Features

• Integrated LDAP for User and Group Management
• User Security Certificate Manager

2. Network Features

• Multi-WAN
• VPN - PPTP, IPsec, OpenVPN
• DMZ and 1-to-1 NAT
• Stateful Firewall
• Local DHCP and DNS Servers
  

3. Gateway Features

• Antimalware - Antivirus, Antiphishing, Antispyware
• Antispam
• Bandwidth Management
• Intrusion Protection, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection
• Protocol Filtering including Peer-to-Peer Detection
• Content Filter
• Web Proxy
• Access Control
  

4. Server Features

• Windows Networking with PDC Support
• File and Print Services
• Flexshares
• Groupware with Outlook Connector
• Mail Server - POP, IMAP, SMTP, Webmail, Retrieval
• Mail Filtering - Antispam, Antimalware, Greylisting, Quarantine
• Mail Archiving
• Database with MySQL
• Web Server with PHP Support